Suriname, Canada sign co-operation pact for military project

[EvanL]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) - Canada and Suriname will begin co-operating on military projects, with the possibility of Canadian troops training in this South American country's jungle interior, officials said Friday.

The deal could also lead to Suriname's establishing a coast guard service, and Canadian troops training Surinamese officers, Defence Minister Ronald Assen said. Details of the agreement have yet to be established, but "it is important that the countries of the Americas start looking together toward the future," said Canada's ambassador to Suriname, Serge Marcoux.

This is the first military co-operation agreement between the two countries. Currently, the United States is the largest military donor to Suriname, offering training and equipment.



© The Canadian Press, 2003


This could greatly benefit both Canada and Suriname. We get to use their jungles for training, and they get the benefit of having quality training.

[ArmedPacifist]

Where is this country on a map?

[EvanL]

SOuth America. Near Guyana. Northeast tip.

[fantassin]

Good luck, this place is a tip....was there long ago.

It's best known to French soldiers because there used to be a "guerilla" of a sort there and French army units have been guarding the border between French Guyana and Surinam for years.

If it means the Canucks can keep the Surinamese from coming into French Guyana, good news; the ultimate dream of pregnant surinamese women is to deliver in French Guyana so their babies can be French. There is a constant flow of longboats between the two banks of the Maroni river that divides the two countries.

If the canucks are looking for jungle training, they should do like the KSK and come to the CEFE jungle training school in Régina, French Guyana.
The canadian Airborne regiment used to come there in the 80s before they got disbanded.

[marktigger]

or join the British in Belize or Brunei

[EvanL]

Id rather they went with the brits then with the french.

[fantassin]

whatever turns you on

[EvanL]

I said rather. It would still be a great benefit to train with the French.